Chaourse

Chaourse
region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Aisne
Arrondissement	Vervins
Canton	Vervins
Community association	Portes de la Thiérache
Coordinates	49 ° 42 ′  N , 4 ° 0 ′  E Coordinates: 49 ° 42 ′  N , 4 ° 0 ′  E
height	102-187 m
surface	18.6 km 2
Residents	539 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	29 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	02340
INSEE code	02160
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Chaourse is a French municipality with 539 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Aisne in the region of Hauts-de-France ; it belongs to the Arrondissement Vervins (since January 2017, until December 2016 part of the Arrondissement Laon ) and the canton Vervins (until 2015: Canton Rozoy-sur-Serre ).

geography

Chaourse is about 31 kilometers northeast of Laon on the Serre . Chaourse is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Vigneux-Hocquet in the north, Renneval in the northeast, Vincy-Reuil-et-Magny in the east, Montcornet in the southeast, La Ville-aux-Bois-lès-Dizy in the south, and Clermont-les-Fermes in the south and south-west, Montigny-le-Franc to the west and south-west and Agnicourt-et-Séchelles to the west.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
Residents	783	769	629	551	522	522	541	526
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

• Saint-Martin church from the 13th century, monument historique since 1921

Saint Martin Church

Roman finds

The Chaourse Treasure , an important Gallo-Roman hoard discovered in 1883 , is now kept in the British Museum in London .

Treasure of Chaourse

Web links

Commons : Chaourse  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Description of the treasure: Henry Beauchamp Walters : Catalog of the Silver Plate (Greek, Etruscan and Roman) in the British Museum. British Museum, London 1921, pp. 38–46 and panels XXIII – XXX.